Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
‘The Photograph’ Review: An Unabashedly Old-School Love Story. By Manohla Dargis / NYT
Early Novel Written By Free Black Woman Called Out Racism Among Abolitionists. By Jack Rodolico / NPR
There Have Been 10 Black Senators Since Emancipation. By Eric Foner / NYT
Mary Ellen Pleasant, one of the first black self-made millionaires, used an ingenious trick to build her fortune. By Tom Huddleston Jr. / CNBC
Where Did The Love Go? In Today’s Black Pop Music, Love Songs Are Harder To Find. By Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
President Barack Obama’s All-Star Fireside Chat With Giannis, Chris Paul And Kevin Love. By The Undefeated
The Bloomberg Temptation. By Ross Douthat / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – After Fighting Nazis, Black G.I.s Faced Racism in U.S. Military. By Alexis Clark / NYT
White Supremacist Propaganda Spreading, ADL Says. By AP / HuffPost
Alabama Lawmakers Want to Force One of America’s Blackest Cities to Celebrate White Supremacy. By Michael Harriot / The Root
I Can’t Believe Black People Might Actually Vote for Michael Bloomberg. By Michael Herriot / The Root
Martin Luther King Jr. On Making America Great Again. By Justin Rose / AAIHS
“Everywhere You Don’t Belong.” By Gabriel Bump / A Review by D. Watkins
Border officials destroy Native American burial grounds to build Trump’s wall: report. By Igor Derysh / Salon
This Primary’s Real Loser Is Diversity. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Howard University’s Largest Donation Ever Raises Questions About Who Gets Donor Coins. By Jenny Gathright / NPR
Hoyer promises D.C. statehood vote on House floor ‘before the summer.’ By Jenna Portnoy / Wash Post
Why President Trump’s bid for the black vote is unlikely to bear fruit. By Charles Lane / Wash Post
Jesse Owens Vs. Hitler Wasn’t The Only Story At The 1936 Olympics. By Andrew Maraniss / The Undefeated
Malcolm X assassination case may be reopened after Netflix documentary. By Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News
‘Parasite’ Won, but Asian-Americans Are Still Losing. By Walter Chaw / NYT
Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination. By Jena McGregor / Wash Post
Giannis Antetokounmpo Wants To Represent Best Of Both Worlds. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Baseball Makes An Early Pitch To Catch The Interest Of Black Players. By Exther Ciammachilli / NPR
The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President. By McKay Coppins / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Bloomberg Temptation. By Ross Douthat / NYT
